Sewing-machine table.



T. KUNDTZ & A. SOHUSTER.

SEWING MACHINE TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1910.

Patented May 14, 1912.

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THEODOR KUNDTZ, OF LAKEWOOD, AND ALBERT SCHUSTER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO;SAID SCHUSTER ASSIGNOR TO SAID KUNDTZ SEWING-MACHINE TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1912.

Application filed June 9, 1910. Serial No. 565,982.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, 'lnnonoa KUNn'rz, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Lakewood, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio,and ALBERT Sonns'rEn, a citizen of the United States of America,residing at Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewing- Machine Tables;and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in sewing-machine tables.

One object of this invention is to have the stationary portion of thesewing-machine table comprise a drawer-oase arranged under theright-hand end portion of and connected to the top of the table, and tohave the leg or stand, which is employed in carrying the driving-wheeland treadle, pivotally connected to the drawer-case at the inner sideand lower end of the drawer-case, said i stand being arranged to swingin a vertical plane and being in an upright position in which the standrests on the floor, or having been swung upwardly and projectinglaterally and inwardly from the said drawercase, according as the standis at the one or the other extremity of its range of movement.

Another object is to provide such a relative arrangement of the partsthat the driving-wheel is in an operative position in the uprightposition of the aforesaid stand and the treadle of the stand when thestand is in its upwardly swung position is out of the way of a broom orother means employed in sweeping or cleaning below the table, and noremoval of the treadle from the stand nor any shifting of the treadleindependent of the stand, nor any disconnection of the pitman from thetreadle and driving-wheel, are required preparatory to the actuation ofthe stand from its upright into its upwardly swung position.

Another object is not only to have the top of the table provided with anopening which is arranged to be occupied by the platform employed incarrying the sewing-machine head, which platform is movable to render itcapable of lowering the said head below the table-top or raising thesaid head above the table-top, but to provide the said top with a leafwhich is hinged to the top at the right-hand side of the said openingand arranged to swing in a vertical plane and occupies the opening, orrests on the said top between the opening and the right-hand end of thetop, according as the leaf is in the one or the other of its extremepositions.

Another object is to have the aforesaid stand in its standing or uprightposition when the platform is in its upper and opening-occupyingposition, and to have such an operative connection between the platformand the stand that the latter is swung from its upright position intoits upwardly swung position during the movement of the platform from itsupper into its lower position, and that the stand lowers by gravityduring the movement of the platform in the opposite direction.

Another object is to form the said operative connection between the saidstand and the platform by two cables which are guided and applied insuch a manner as to render the said operative connection strong anddurable.

Another object is to provide means for locking and bracing the saidstand in its upright position and also to provide means whereby thestand-locking means may be readily rendered inoperative preparatory tothe actuation of the stand into its upwardly swung position.

Another object is to have the aforesaid platform pivotally connected tothe tabletop at the front of the opening in the said top and arranged toswing in a vertical plane so that the platform depends below thetable-top or occupies the said opening according as the platform is inthe one or the other of its extreme positions, and to have the aforesaidstand comprise a wooden section which is pivoted to the drawer-casesubstantially at a right angle to the axis of the platform and providedwith an aperture extending laterally through the said section, and tohave the driving-wheel arranged within the said aperture and borne by ametal frame secured to the said wooden section, and to have the cablesemployed in establishing operative connection between thedriving-wheel-supporting stand and the platform guided by suitablyapplied sheaves and connected respectively at one end to the platformand at the other end to the said frame.

With these objects in view, and to the end of rendering theconstruction. simple, convenient and reliable, and to attain any otheradvantages hereinafter appearing, this invention consists in certainstructural features and combinations and arrangement of partshereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a sewing-machine tableembodying our invention, and shows the table ready for use as asewing-machine table. That is, in this figure the sewing-machine head isshown raised above the table-top and the stand which supports thedriving-wheel and the treadle of the sewing-machine is shown in an.upright position. Fig. 2 is a front view largely corresponding with Fig.1, but in Fig. 2 the aforesaid stand is shown in its upwardly swungposition and the platform employed in carrying the sewing-machine headis shown in its downwardly swung or lower position. Portions are brokenaway in Figs. 1 and 2 to reduce the size of the drawings, and Fig. 2 ispartly in section to more clearly show certain features of theconstruction. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken substantially along theline 3-3, Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig.4 is a vertical section taken substantially along the line 4-4:, Fig.'2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 5 is avertical section on line 5-5, Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicatedby the arrow. Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6, Fig. 5, looking in thedirection indicated by the arrow. Fig. 7 is a vertical section on line77, Fig. 5, looking rearwardly. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on line88, Fig. 5, looking downwardly. Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on line9-9, Fig. 1, looking downwardly. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are drawn on alarger scale than Figs. 1, .2, 3 and 4.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the stationary wooden top of ourimproved sewing-machine table; B, the legs arranged under the right-handend of the said top; B, the legs arranged under the left-hand end of thesaid top; D, a wooden drawercase arranged under the right-hand end portion of and suitably attached to the said top, and D, a drawer-casearranged under the left-hand end portion of the said top. The top A,legs B and B and drawer-cases D and D form members of the stationaryportion of the table. The said stationary portion of the table alsocomprises a wooden back C which extends between thedrawercases D and Dat the rear ends of the drawer-cases and is glued or otherwise attachedto the drawer-cases and to the tabletop.

The table-top A is provided with an opening at extending verticallytherethrough. The. opening a is quadrangular. The opening a is arrangedbetween the right-hand drawer-case D and the left-hand drawercase D, butthe'last-mentioned drawer-case is arranged a suitable distance leftwardof the said opening.

G represents a pivoted load-carrying platform whichis arranged to swingin a vertical plane. The platform G occupies the opening a in thetable-top, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 5 and 8, or depends below thetabletop, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, according as the platform is in theone or the other of its eX- treme positions. The opening a is largeenough in dimensions to accommodate a reception thereby of a platform Gand a leaf R with which the plat-form is provided, which leaf ispivot-ally supported from the platform as will hereinafter appear.Preferably the platform G is provided, at its under side and at thefront of the opening a in the table-top, with two metal plates G and Gwhich are suitably secured to the platform and spaced longitudinally ofthe forward wall of the said opening. Each plate G is provided with alug g which is pivoted, as at g, horizontally and longitudinally of thesaid forward wall of the said opening to a lug h which is formed on andprojects downwardly from a metal plate H which is arranged at the underside of the tabletop A forwardly of the opening a and suitably securedto the said top. It will be observed therefore that the platform G ispivoted to the table-top A horizontally and longitudinally of and insuitable proximity to the forward wall of the opening a, that thepivotal connection between the platform and the table-top is arranged atthe under side of the table-top and at the front of the said opening,that the platform is therefore capable of swinging downwardly fromwithin the said opening or upwardly into the opening, and that theplat-form is in its downwardly swung and lower position or in itsupwardly swung and'opening-occupying position according as the platformhas been actuated into the one or the other. of its extreme positions.

The platform G is designed to bear the sewing-machine head E shown inFigs. 1, 3, 4 and 5. The head E usually occupies more space than willpermit it to swing through an opening which is not larger than theplatform, and the platform if it were made large enough to occupy anopening of the size necessary to accommodate the passage" site endsrespectively of the leaf.

member or members of the operating mechanism of the sewing-machine.Consequently the opening a is made large enough to freely accommodatethe swinging of the sewing machine head therethrough and the platform isadapted t-oonly close the forward and cent 'al portions of the saidopening, and the leaf R is employed to complete the closure of theopening rearward of the platform in the opening-occupying position ofthe platform. The leaf R (see Figs. 7 and 8) is provided with two metalplates 13 and 13 arranged at opposite side edges respectively of theleaf and consequently at oplplo- 10 plates 13 and 13 are sunk into andsuitably secured to the leaf R. Each plate 13 overlaps the adjacent sideedge of and is sunk into the platform G. The platfornl-overlappingportion of each plate 13 is pivoted to the platform by a pin 1' which isarranged horizontally and parallel with the axis of the platform. Theleaf R is therefore pivotally connected to the platform in suitableproximity to the rear edge of the plat-form and arranged to swingupwardly independent of the platform during the lowering of the platforminto its downwardly swung position.

Means for guiding the leaf R during the movement of the platform G andfor causing the said leaf to tilt upwardly independent of the platformduring the movement of the platform from its opening-closing andhorizontal posit-ion into its downwardly swung and lower position areprovided and preferably comprise an apron composed of a wooden section Fwhich extends down wardly and forwardly a suitable distance from a pointat the under side of the tabletop A and next rearward of the opening aand is glued or otherwise attached at its up per end to the table-top.The apron-forming section F also extends between the righthanddrawercase D and a vertically arranged forwardly and rearwardlyextending wooden section A which depends from the under side of thetable-top A leftward of but in suitable proximity to the opening a andforms the right-hand side wall of a compartment a which is formed underthe table-top next the inner side of the rear portion of the left-handdrawer-case D. The section A is glued or otherwise attached to thetable-top, and the apron-forming section F is preferably glued orotherwise at tached to the saidwall-forming section A and to theright-hand drawer-case D. It will be observed that the apron F and thesection A form members of the stationary portion of the table, that saidapron is inclined and slopes downwardly and forwardly from the lowerextremity of the rear wall of the opening a, and that during themovement of the platform G from its upper and opening-closing positioninto its lower position the leaf R comes into engagement with theforward side of the said apron and is by the latter swung upwardlyindependent of the platform. The apron F therefore has the arrangementand dimensions required and extends downwardly and forwardly far enoughto form a hearing for the leaf R in any position of the platform duringthe actuation of the platform.

A wooden section or leaf A is hinged, as at (4 to the table-top at theright-hand side 'all of the opening a, and arranged to swing in avertical plane. The forward and rear walls of the opening a haveupwardly facing rounded seats a, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4t, and, theleaf A has the arrangement and dimensions required to close the saidopening and rest upon the said seats in one of its extreme positions,and rests on the table-top between the opening a and the right-hand endof the table-top in its other extreme position. It will be observedtherefore that the leaf A closes or uncovers the opening a according asit is at the one or the other extremity of its range of movement, andthe said leaf has its edges contoured to permit it to readily enter thesaid opening in actuating the leaf from its opening-uncovering into itsopening-closing position, and the relative arrangement of the parts ispreferably such that the said leaf in its opening-closing position hasits top surface or outer side arranged flush with the top surface of thetable'top A, as shown in Fig. 2.

The leaf A is provided, at its inner side and a suitable distance fromits axis, with a recess A which, as shown in Fig. 2, is closed at thebottom by a plate A" which is secured preferably relnovably by means ofscrews (0 to the said leaf. The leaf A is provided with an aperture Aextending.

from the recess A" to the outer side of the leaf, which aperture hasbeveled walls a which face in the direction of the recess. The apertureA is normally closed by a wooden member A which is movable into the saidrecess and suitably attached to a leaf-spring a secured to the top wallof the recess. The member A in its normal and aperture-closing positionis flush at its outer or exposed surface with the outer side of the leafA", and the said member A", if finished on top to correspond with thefinish of the said side of the said leaf, would in its said positionhave the appearance of being a portion of the leaf. It will be observedthat upon pressing the member A inwardly against the action of thespring a by a linger applied thereto access is had by the said finger toone of the beveled walls a of the aperture A and the finger is therebyenabled to obtain a sufficient hold on the the said wheels.

respective wall to lift the leaf A out of the opening a when the leaf isin its openingclosing position.

The band-wheel of the sewing-machine head is arranged in the usualmanner over the right-hand end of the platform G, and power istransmitted to the said wheel from the driving wheel I of thesewing-machine through the medium of the usual belt J establishingoperative connection between The driving-wheel I in its operativeposit-ion is arranged therefore below the right-hand end of the openinga in the table-top A but within an aperture K formed in the woodensection or body-portion K of a movable leg or stand with which ourimproved cabinet is provided under the right-hand end-portion of thetable-top. The aperture K extends laterally through the woodenstand-section K, and the stand comprising the said section is pivotallyconnected to the stationary port-ion of the table at the inner side andadjacent the lower end of the right-hand drawer-case. Preferably thelast-mentioned drawer-case is provided at its lower end with two metalbrackets 16 and 16 which are spaced forwardly and rearwardly of thetable and project laterally and inwardly beyond the inner side of thesaid drawer-case, and the wooden section K of the stand is provided withtrunnions or pivotal members 15 which are arranged at a right angle tothe axis of the platform G and have bearing in the said brackets.Preferably the driving-wheelsupporting stand is in its standing orupright position in the operative position of the drivingwheel I andrests on the floor, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5 in which 17 indicatesthe floor-line. It will be observed therefore that the said stand ispivotally connected to the brackets 16, and consequently to thestationary portion of the table, and arranged to swing laterally in avertical plane. The said stand is therefore capable of being swung fromits floor-engaging upright position shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5, upwardlyand inwardly off the floor and into suitable proximity to the platformG, as shown in Figs. 2 and 1.

The driving-wheel-supporting stand, when the sewing-machine is in use,is in its floorengaging or standing position, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and5, and in this position the driv ing-wheel I, as already indicated, isin an operative position ready for use in transmitting power therefromtothe band-wheel e of the sewing-machine head E, and the said stand isswung inwardly and upwardly toward the platform Gr while the latter isbeing lowered as will hereinafter appear, and in its upwardly swung orraised position is arranged substantially horizontally between thedrawer-cases at the lower ends of the drawer-cases as illustrated inFig. 2

without interfering with the platform in G is perforated, as at G toaccommodate 7 V the location and operation of the said belt. Thedriving-wheel I is not supported directly from the wooden stand-sectionK, but is borne by a metal frame L which is preferably sunk into theinner side of the said wooden stand-section and suitably secured to thelatter, as shown in Fig. 6.

A flexible operative connection between the driving-'wheel-supportingstand and the platform G is provided and preferably comprises twosuitably guided cables M and m connected to the platform and operativelyconnected with the said stand. Preferably two guide-sheaves VI and m(see Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4t, 5, and 7 are arranged under and spacedlongitudinally of the table-top a suitable distance rearwardly of theaxis of the,

platform and have their axes parallel with the said axis of theplatform, which sheaves are supported from the right-hand drawercase andstationary section A respectively and arranged therefore at oppositesides re spectively and externally of the sweep of the platform andbetween the forward side of the apron F and the opening a. Twoguide-sheaves M and m are arranged below the first-mentioned sheaves Mand m respectively and supported from the back C. The sheaves M and mhave their axes parallel with the axis of the driving-wheelsupportingstand. The sheaves h 2 and m are shown arranged at the rear side of theapron F. The platform G is provided at sheaves M and m respectively. Thecable M is connected at one end to the right-hand arm G of the platformG, thence leads rearwardly to and over the sheave M, thence downwardly(see Fig. 4:) through a hole f formed in the apron F to the right-handside of the sheave M thence under the lastmentioned sheave and leftwardto and over the sheave m and thence to a bracket Z of thedriving-wheel-supporting stand, to which bracket the said cable isconnected, and the bracket Z is preferably formed on thedriving-wheelbearing frame L of the said stand. The cable m is connectedto the left-hand arm 9 of the platform Gr, thence leads rearwardly toand over the sheave m, thence downwardly (see Fig. 3) -through a hole fformed in the apron F and over the left-hand side of the sheave m andthence to the bracket 2' to which the said cable is connected. It willbe observed therefore that the cables M and m, when thedrivingwheel-supporting stand is in its floor-engaging or standingposition, hold the platform G in its upper and opening-elosing position;that the capability of the leaf R to swing upwardly independent of theplatform during the lowering of the platform permits the platform to belowered, and that the said cables during the lowering of the platformpull upon the driving-wheel-supporting stand and swing thelatterupwardly and inwardly off the floor into the position shown in Figs. 2and 4.

The drivingwheel-supporting stand is provided, at its floor-engageableor outer end and inner side, with a laterally and inwardly projectingmetal bracket is which is secured to the wooden stand-section K in anyapproved manner and arranged to rest on the floor in the standing orupright position of the said stand, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5. Thebracket 76 supports an axle O, and a treadle P is rotatably mounted andtherefore has bearing on the said axle. The axle O is arranged parallelwith the axis of the platform G, and the treadle P is provided adjacentthe stand-section K (see Figs. 1 and 3) with a rearwardly projecting armP which also projects rearwardly of the stand-section K and somewhatbeyond the outer side of the said stand-section, and the treadle isoperatively connected at the outer end of the said arm by means of apitman Q with the driving-wheel I. It will be observed that no shiftingof the treadle independent of the stand-section K preparatory to theactuation of the driving-wheelsupporting stand from its standingposition into its upwardly swung position is required, but the relativearrangement of the parts is such that the treadle in the upwardly swungposition of the said stand is arranged and projects upwardly between thestationary section A and the inner side of the left-hand drawer-case, asshown in Figs. 2 and 4. I would here remark that it is not unimportantto brace and lock the driving-wheel-supporting stand at its inner sidein the floor-engaging or standing position of the stand, and atoggle-joint is pref erably employed in thus bracing and locking thesaid stand. The said toggle-joint (see Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) comprisestwo links T and 25 arranged at the inner side of the said stand betweenthe bracket Z and the back C of the stationary portion of the table. Thelink T is pivoted, as at T, to the bracket horizontally and parallellywith the axis and the stand-connecting ends of the cables M and m, andthe link i is pivo ted, as at t, horizontally and parallelly with thesaid axis to the back C rearwardly of the apron F and a suitabledistance laterally of and above the said axis. The two links T and t aretherefore arranged to swing in a vertical plane and extend toward eachother and have their adjacent ends pivoted together, as at 20,horizontally and parallelly with the axis of the drivingwheel-supportingstand. The toggle-joint is straightened in the floor-engaging orstanding position of the said stand, (see Figs. 1, 8 and 5) and in thestraightened position of the toggle-joint the axis of the pivotalconnection 20 between the links T and t is arranged in linelongitudinally of the links with the axes of the pivotal connections Tand 25' through the medium of which the links T and If are attached tothe stand and to the back C respectively. The toggle-joint, in itsstraightened position obviously braces the said stand and also locks thestand in its floor-engaging or 'upright position. Each link of thetoggle-joint is provided with an arm 21 arranged a suitable distancefrom the pivotal connection 20 between the two links of the toggle-jointand projecting upwardly in the straightened and stand-bracing andstand-locking position of the toggle-joint, and a spiral spring 22extends between and is attached to the said arms and acts to retain thetogglejoint in the said position.

Mechanical means or mechanism for actuating the links T and 25 againstthe action of the spring 22 to start the movement of thedriving-wheel-supporting stand into its upwardly swung positionpreparatory to lowering the platform G into its depending or lowerposition are provided and comprise a shaft 23 which has bearing in thestationary brackets 16 and 16 and is arranged horizontally and parallelwith the axis of the said stand. The shaft 23 extends a suitabledistance forwardly of the forward of the said brackets and isoperatively pro vided at its forward end with a lever 24: for rotatingthe shaft. The shaft 23 extends a suitable distance real-wardly of therear of the said brackets and is provided at its rear end with an arm 25which projects upwardly and laterally inwardly from the shaft at therear side of the apron F. As shown very clearly in Fig. 7, the shaftarm25 is pivoted at its upper or free end horizontally and parallelly withthe shaft to bar 27 which is shown arranged at the forward side of theback C and between the said back and the apron. The bar 27 is looselymounted on a pin 28 with which the back C is provided. The pin 28projects forwardly from the said back into a slot 29 formed in andextending laterally through and longitudinally of the central portion ofthe bar 27. It will be observed that the bar 27 is shiftable endwise andoperatively connected at its right-hand end to the shaft-arm 25. The bar27 is provided at its opposite end with a flange 30 arranged to engagethe downwardly facing or under sides of the links T and t oft-hetogglejoint in the stand-bracing and stand-locking position of thetoggle-joint. The relative arrangement of the parts is such that whenthe links T and t abut against the flange 30 the right-hand end wall ofthe slot 29 in the bar 27 abuts against the pin 28 and cooperates withthe latter in limiting the leftward movement of the bar, and a suitablyapplied spring 32, which is arranged rearward of the apron F and shownattached to the right-hand drawer-case D, engages the shaft-arm and actsto retain the bar in engagement at the right-hand end wall of the saidslot with the said pin. Rotation of the shaft 23 in the directionrequired to swing the shaft-arm 25 to the right against the action ofthe spring 32 actuates the bar 27 endwise to the right against theaction of the spring 22 and thereby actuates the links T and t of thetoggle-joint to shift the axis of the pivotal connection 20 between thesaid links upwardly and out of line with the axes of the pivotalconnections T and t which attach the links T and t to thedriving-wheel-support-ing stand and back C respectively, and therebyunlocks the said stand and starts the swinging or raising of the standoff the floor, where-.

upon by taking hold of and depressing the sewing-machine head E theplatform G is lowered into its downwardly swung or depending positionand the said stand is actuated into its upwardly swung position.

What we claim is 1. The combination, with the stationary portion .of asewing-machine table, which portion is adapted to rest on the floor andcomprises atable-top which is provided with an opening extendingvertically therethrough, and a platform for carrying a sewing-machinehead, which platform is pivotally connected to the stationary portion ofthe table and arranged to swing in a vertical plane, said platform beingwithin the aforesaid opening in itsupper position, of two cablesconnected to the platform adjacent opposite side edges respectively ofthe platform at points spaced from the axis of the platform; a movablestand employed in carrying the treadlev and the driving-wheel of asewing-machine and arranged under the table-top, which stand isoperatively connected with said cables and rests on the floor, orhasbeen elevated from the floor, according as the plat-form is in its upperor lower position, and guide-sheaves for said cables, said sheaves beingsupported from the stationary portion of the table and arrangedexternally of the sweep and spaced from the axis of the platform.

2. The combination, with the stationary portion of a sewing-machinetable, which portion is adapted to rest on the floor and comprises atable-top which is provided with an opening extending verticallytherethrough, and a platform for carrying a sewing-machine head, whichplatform is pivotally connected to the stationary portion of the tableat the front of said opening and arranged to swing in a vertical plane,said platform vbeing within the aforesaid opening in its upper position,of two cables connected to the platform adjacent opposite side edgesrespectively of the platform and rearwardly of the axis of the platform;a movable stand employed in carrying the treadle and the driving-wheelof a sewingmachine and arranged under the table-top, which stand isoperatively connected with said cables and rests on the floor, or hasbeen elevated from the floor, according as the platform is in its upperor lower position, and guide-sheaves for said cables, said sheaves beingsupported rearwardly of the axis of the platform from the stationaryportion of the table and arranged externally of the sweep of theplatform.

3. The combination, with the stationary portion of a sewing-machine,which portion is adapted to rest on the floor and comprises a table-topwhich is provided with an opening extending vertically therethrough, ofa stand pivotally connected to the stationary portion under theright-hand end-portion of the table-top, said stand being in an uprightposition, or having been swung upwardly to the left from the floor,according as the stand is in the one or the other of its extremepositions; a platform for carrying a sewing-machine head, which platformis pivotally supported from the stationary portion of the table at thefront of the afore-' two guide-sheaves arranged below the first--mentioned sheaves and spaced longitudinally of the said axis and havingtheir axes substantially parallel with the axis of the stand, and twocables connected to the platform forward of the upper sheaves and tosheaves, and the other cable being guided by the stand, one of saidcables being guided by the right-hand upper sheave and both lower theleft-hand upper sheave and by the lefthand lower sheave.

4c. The combination, with the stationary portion of a sewing-machinetable, which portion is adapted to rest on the floor and comprises atabletop which is provided with an opening extending verticallytherethrough, and a platform for carrying a sewing-machine head, whichplatform is pivotally connected to the stationary portion of the tableand arranged to swing in a vertical plane, said platform being Withinthe aforesaid opening in its upper position, of a movable stand employedin carrying the driving-Wheel of a sewing-machine and arranged under thetable-top, which stand is operatively connected With the platform andrests on the floor, or has been elevated from the floor, according asthe platform is in its upper or lower posit-ion, said stand having amember for supporting a treadle, and a treadle carried by said member ofthe stand and occupying the same position relative to said member ineither extreme position of the stand.

Signed by us at Cleveland, Ohio, this 6th day of June, 1910.

THEODOR KUNDTZ. ALBERT SCHUSTER. Witnesses:

C. H. Donna, B. 0. BROWN.

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